Re: Pituitary tumors/issues

[Guest guest]

>

> I wonder what the incidence is in the general populus of

> pituitary tumors.

>

> Sure seems to be something I read alot about here and over on the NTH

> board....don't ya'll think this is a bit unusual?

>

> Michigan

>

Hi ,

I wonder the same thing! I would say they are probably highly under

diagnosed and under treated and lead to all sorts of problems for many

people! I wish there were far more practitioners out there who knew

something about them and how to help people struggling with crazy

symptoms......

~a

[Guest guest]

Thanks Bill for this information. My doctor said, 15% of the population, but I

would guess it

is higher. The pituitary list I am on have growing members weekly. How sad.

Frannie

Re: Pituitary tumors/issues

--- At 05:23 PM 11/28/2007, perennialgardener2003 wrote:

>

>I wonder what the incidence is in the general populus of

>pituitary tumors.

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om/members/encyclopedia/12/12_2.shtml>

12.2 Anterior pituitary disorders

Autopsy studies have suggested that 23 to 27 per cent of the

general population may have an asymptomatic microadenoma.

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How prevalent are pituitary tumors/disease?

Autopsy reports and radiologic and MRI evidence from around the

globe indicate that one out of every five people worldwide has

a pituitary tumor. The earliest study took place in 1936, when

Dr. R.T. Costello of the Mayo Foundation conducted a cadaver

study and found pituitary tumors in 22.4% of the population

(Costello R.T. Subclinical adenoma of the pituitary gland. Am.

J. Pathol. 1936; 12:205-214). Statistics have not changed much

ever since. The clinical significance of these findings are

critical to determine.

Hypopituitarism

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dotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo12/neuroendoframe12.htm>

The reported prevalence of pituitary tumours is approximately

100 per 106 persons with an average annual incidence of

approximately 30 per 106 depending on tumour type, age and

gender with the highest incidence occurring in pre-menopausal

women. Pituitary adenomas may cause typical clinical syndromes

resulting from hypersecretion of one or more anterior

pituitary hormones. Approximately 25-30% will not present with

these symptoms, so they will only be detected when tumour

expansion and local compression of the surrounding structures

emerges. Post-mortem studies reveal a prevalence of incidental

intrasellar adenomas of 10-20%.

Pituitary Disorders

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tuitary1.htm<http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/diseasemanagement/endocrinology\

/pituitary/pituitary1.htm>

A pituitary incidentaloma is defined as a pituitary adenoma

discovered by CT or MRI examination in the absence of any

symptoms or clinical findings suggestive of a

pituitary-dependent disease. Pituitary incidentalomas are

discussed separately here because of their usual asymptomatic

nature and since they are a common cause for patient referral

to endocrinologists. Adenomas <10 mm have been reported in

1.5% to 27% of pituitary autopsy series in those without

suspected pituitary disease. The prevalence of pituitary

incidentalomas found by MRI imaging is about 10%. Almost

99.5% of them were microadenomas.

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[Guest guest]

Many of the pituitary tumors don't even show up on a regular MRI - they have

to be done with and IV which had dye in it for them to show up which is how

mine was found.

SeaLady